After Major Captain of the Right [Fujiwara no] Michifusa (1025-1044) had died, she saw a fan which he had used for writing practice and composed:
てすさびのはかなきあとゝ見しかども長かたみになりにけるかな
| tesusabi no hakanaki ato to mishikadomo nagakatami ni narinikeru kana |
As a desultory, Fleeting remnant Did I see it, yet Forever my keepsake Has it become… |
The Daughter of the Tsuchimikado Minister of the Right